Kuroda and Gil played in Japan and Mexico City respectively before coming to the big leagues. Yoda trained Luke on Dagobah. So I started researching where Chewie was before we see him in the Star Wars movies. I ended up on Peter Mayhew's wikipedia page (later Chewbacca's Wookiepedia page) and found that Mayhew was in a movie called Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger before Star Wars. That movie was partially filmed in Jordan which is near the UAE.

Since my research, I've started the think that the relationships were all retirement spots. Yoda dies on Dagobah after being 900 years old. Maybe Chewbacca retires in Switzerland for the nice mountain ranges.

And quadsevens: While doing that research may not have helped with this specific puzzle, I think over time you will come to realize it has provided you with knowledge that will serve you throughout the rest of your life.

It sure will. I now know that Peter Mayhew was 7'3" at his peak, I know the names of Chewbaccas wife and kid, (Mallatobuck is his wife with son Lumpawaroo), and Chewbacca's look was based on George Lucas's Alaskan Malamute named Indiana. That name may have found its way into another Lucas film down the road...